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David Handley, the Founding Director of Bathtub Productions and the Fiji Swims, faced a terrible situation as the race director for the Fiji Swims which had to be cancelled. “I feel particularly disappointed for Jim Montgomery and Neil Rogers. Neil swam for Australia in the 1972 and 1976 Olympics making the 100m butterfly final as […]
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The world of open water swimming recently lost a much-beloved and visionary member of its global community. The Devon and Cornwall Wild Swimming Club posted a wonderful tribute to Jonathan Joyce who recently died after swimming in the sea at Beesands in South Devon. An extraordinaire and universally respected individual, Joyce profoundly understood the power
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Adrian O’Connor of Cloghane, Co Kerry in Ireland is taking to the water with a deep passion. His inspirational story was posted here in an earlier Daily News of Open Water Swimming article. Coach Nuala Moore reported that he did 50 lengths in a 50m pool today in a time of 1 hour 50 minutes.
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In the middle of the Laguna de Bacalar (lagoon), the water is as blue as can be. Magically blue. Majestically blue. Marvelously blue. And, as usual, the VIII Maratón de Aguas Abiertas de Bacalar in Mexico went off spectacularly in these baby blue conditions. In Quintana Roo, over 1,200 swimmers competed in the 1.25 km,
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Ukraine has several open water swimming stars who perform well on the global stage. The stars include Olga Beresnyeva who place 7th in the 2012 Olympic 10K Marathon Swim and Igor Chervynskiy who placed 14th in the 2012 Olympic 10K Marathon Swim. The pair will be competing in the 2013 Ukraine Open Water Championships that
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Saleh Mohammad of Syria swapped podium positions at the 2013 Asian Open Water Championships in Kazakhstan. Previously at the 2010 Championships, Mohammad won a gold medal in the 5 km and a silver medal in the 10 km, but he flipped those positions around at this year’s championships. The 5 km and 10 km championship
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2012 Olympian Tang Wing Yung Natasha Terri swept the 5 km and 10 km races at the 6th Asian Open Water Championships last week in Kapchagay, Kazakhstan. The results of the top 5 in the 5 km and 10 km show the Championships – at the top end – could be seen as a Hong
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Mauro Giaconia is going to Catalonia, Spain for his next challenge in the river Ebro. He will attempt to swim 150 km down the river. “My wish is to challenge myself,” says the 42-year-old. “When last year I saw this river, the largest of Spain in length and flow rate with its wonderful and wild
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Hampshire-based swimmer Anna Wardley successfully completed the third stage of her Five Island Swim Challenge with a relatively smooth, warm-water (14.2) 41-mile (66 km) circumnavigation of Jersey in the Channel Islands. The 37-year-old completed the circumnavigation in a time of 11 hours 53 minutes. Last year she completed two of the five islands on her
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The first Olympic 10K Marathon Swim was held in a warm-water rowing basin at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. The second Olympic 10K Marathon Swim was held in the cooler waters of the Serpentine at the 2012 London Olympic Games. The third Olympic 10K Marathon Swim will be held in the potentially rough waters of
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